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VOL. 115 - NO. 8 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 $.30 A COPY Is Khadafy the Next Domino? Do You Remember ... by Dan Calabrese EAST BOSTON ALL-STARS? Is it starting to feel more the oil fields! Sounds like 1989 to you? Hosni familiar. Mubarak has lost power in Elliot Abrams says it looks Egypt, and now the people of like the military has already Libya appear unwilling to split, and Khadafy is fighting put up with any more of not just for his political life, Moammar Khadaffy. but for his life. The latest overnight As is the case in Egypt, if doesn’t give us the clearest Khadafy falls, no one knows picture of what’s happen- what will come next. Libya ing. Libya’s ambassador to has no political parties to the U.S. appears to have speak of, and no experience turned against his boss, with free elections, so if the and has asked the U.S. to people want to move toward take a stronger stand a democratic model, they against Khadafy’s crack- will need help from the out- down. side. (And please ... not In the meantime, no one Jimmy Carter!) is even sure where Khadafy George W. Bush predicted is. His son went on TV in 2002 that when the recently and rambled on for people of the Middle East saw 40 minutes about how their compatriots experienc- everyone had better stay in ing freedom in Iraq, they their homes, because if would no longer be willing to the rebellion proceeds, the put up with despotism. He regime would fight it there was right. It appears the next would be a civil war that domino is about to tumble. would destroy Libya’s oil Who will be next? wealth. You people want to take Reprinted with Permission Circa late 1970s. (Post-Gazette archive photo) away our power? We’ll burn by NorthStar National. News Briefs Winning the Future There’s No Such Thing as Honor in Defeat by Sal Giarratani by D.R. Tucker Yancy Wants to Mandate Mary Z. Connaughton, Tisei and the current chair sentiment. After all, we have Karyn Polito, Jeff Perry, Sean of the Malden Republican allowed liberals to take ad- Vests for Cops Bielat and the other major City Committee. Known as vantage on environmental City Councilor Charlie Yancy has decided man- Republican contenders for the New Mass Playbook, this issues.” Education reform is dating Boston cops to wear bulletproof vests. As statewide and Congressional proposal promises to restore another issue that might it stands right now, Boston police officers are not offices in Massachusetts two-party balance to a state resonate with urban voters, required to wear them. However, Yancy has de- may have all put up a great that desperately needs it. whose children have been cided recently to propose a change in current fight last fall, but they D’Arcangelo recognizes waiting for Superman for policy to require uniformed officers to wear them. ultimately could not go the that one of the major prob- far too long; of course, GOP Yancy stated, “I’m more concerned about the fact distance; they were pre- lems facing Republicans in reform proposals will likely that once you put a uniform on there’s a target vented from scoring a politi- this state is their chronic arouse the fury of the teach- to people who potentially might confront the police cal touchdown by powerful poor showing in urban ar- ers’ unions, something department.” However, the Boston Police Depart- unions, negative main- eas. The conventional wis- Republican candidates must ment countered, “Although Councilor Yancy is stream media coverage, dom is that the urban voting be trained to confront. well-intentioned, Commissioner Davis believes incessant derogatory adver- coalition represents an Speaking of training can- that this issue belongs between the police tising and, most impor- impregnable Democratic for- didates, D’Arcangelo also administration and the police union.” tantly, a state Republican tress, a no man’s land for emphasizes the need to Obviously, some city councilors have apparently Party that mistakenly placed anyone right of center. How- have candidates fully pre- too much free time on their hands trying to micro- excessive financial focus on ever, D’Arcangelo rejects pared to win, noting, “Too manage city agencies. The issue of vests belongs the gubernatorial election. this pessimistic philosophy. many of our candidates did to the Boston Police Department and not to the Scripture says that with- “[W]e simply cannot expect not have the skill necessary city councilor from District 4. out a vision, the people per- to win a statewide election to perform rudimentary Romney Trumped at CPAC ish. The center-right people and lose the City of Boston campaign functions such as Donald Trump showed up at the annual Con- of Massachusetts certainly by over 76,000 votes, as was how to; fundraise, voter ID, servative Political Action Conference and perished politically last the case with nearly all of setup and prepare for de- seemed to take the place by storm. Said Trump, November. How do conserva- our statewide candidates bate, establish a direct mail “I want to stop our nation from being the whip- tives, centrists, libertarians this past election,” notes account, develop direct mail ping post of the rest of the world ... This country and right-leaning moderates D’Arcangelo on newmassplay pieces, etc. This can be will be respected again.” New York’s most color- avoiding taking another trip book.com. “We should … pro- addressed with a few low cost ful multi-millionaire is looking like he wants to down the road to perdition? mote the planks from our and low-tech solutions.” get into Campaign ’12. His surprise appearance One pathway to victory lies platform that appeal directly The GOP’s acquisition of at the conclave turned on many conservatives in a proposal by David to urban voters. Take for sixteen seats in the state D’Arcangelo, an aide to example our position on the legislature proves that not (Continued on Page 15) former Governor Paul environment. The whole all is lost for the Common- Cellucci and former Senate world is ‘going green’ and we Majority Leader Richard should be tapping into that (Continued on Page 14) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 Res Publica by David Trumbull Massachusetts Republican Liberty Caucus Chartering Ceremony February 28 CALIGULA It’s politics-as-usual on Beacon Hill. We have a governor A study of all the stories, Finally there was a destroyed him with a thun- who defends criminals but won’t support his taxpayers. We events, and the characters nutcake named Caligula, derbolt. have elected officials who love raising our taxes but do little associated with the rise and who was just plain off his Tiberius often said that to to increase small business growth and job creation. We have fall of the Roman Empire “Roman rocker”. His reign allow Caligula to live would unemployed citizens struggling to find work while our state would be like reading an got off to a pretty good start, prove to be the ruin of all senators refuse to cut their own salaries and stop spend- entire library, and would but the finish just defies de- men and that he (Tiberius) ing taxpayer money on failing government programs. probably take a 100 years to scription. was breeding a viper for the Where is the representation Massachusetts needs fully understand and record Caesar was the family Roman people and a second to transform the way our state is governed? The recent its beauties. A capsule name of Gaius Julius Phaethon for the destruction election only rendered more of the same with little hope of explanation divides the his- Caesar, and after his death of the world. reform. tory of Classical Rome into the title of Caesar was The will of Tiberius made The Massachusetts Republican Liberty Caucus, a state three distinct periods: 1. given to all of the Roman his two grandsons, Druses affiliate of the National Republican Liberty Caucus, is work- The Regal Period (the leg- emperors from Augustus to and Caligula, joint heirs to ing to change the tax and spend mentality on Beacon Hill endary kings like Romulus) Hadrian. References are his private property. (What a by holding its first official chartering ceremony Monday, 753 to 510 B.C.; 2. The Re- still being made to these 12 mistake that was!) There February 28 at 7:00 pm at Vlora Restaurant in Copley public (the time of the great Caesars whose popular are some conflicting reports Square, Boston. All are welcome to attend. Roman Senate and ending names, in chronological or- about the death of Tiberius. Founded in 1991, the RLC exists to promote individual with the death of Julius der are: Julius Caesar, One sure bet was that he did liberty, limited government, and free enterprise within the Caesar) 510 to 27 B.C.; 3. Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, not die of natural causes. It Republican Party. With these principles in mind, the Mass The Empire (the period of Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, was known that his death RLC aims to challenge and change the way the state is Roman emperors starting Titus, Domitian, Nerva, was not too far off and one governed, and support elected officials who will actually with the great Augustus and Trajan, and Hadrian.